Robert Falcon Scott’s Discovery Expedition had returned to great acclaim, but had failed to reach the South Pole. Scott, Ernest Shackleton, and Roald Amundsen planned competing expeditions, each hoping to be the first human being to reach this remotest corner of the world.
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Fascinating, informative episodes about reaching the north and south poles. My first exposure to the story was the excellent PBS show, “The Last Place on Earth.” The doomed Scott expedition seems like improbable source material for a pop song, but Mecano’s “Heroes de Antartida” is both haunting and hummable. Here is a link to a live version of the song.